NEW YORK (AP) — Get caught up at the U.S. Open with a guide that tells you everything you need to know about how to watch the year's last Grand Slam tennis tournament, what the betting odds are, what the schedule is, who the defending champions are and more:
Despite winning both hard-court Grand Slam titles in 2024, Jannik Sinner isn't the favorite to win the Australian Open, according to BetMGM Sportsbook. Novak Djokovic, who has won 10 of his men's-record 24 Grand Slam titles there, occupies that spot at +175. Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, who split the four major titles in 2024, share the second-best odds at +225. Sinner won his first Grand Slam title in January in Australia by rallying from two sets down to beat Daniil Medvedev. Medvedev is the fourth choice at +750. Aryna Sabalenka, the two-time defending Australian Open champion, has the best odds among women at +225. The U.S. Open champion is followed by No. 1 Iga Swiatek +350 and Coco Gauff (+450).
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John Isner, of the United States, returns a shot to Michael Mmoh, of the United States, during the second round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023, in New York. The 2024 U.S. Open begins Monday, Aug. 26. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Taylor Fritz, of the United States, reacts after winning the fourth set against Frances Tiafoe, of the United States, during the men's singles semifinal of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Jannik Sinner, of Italy, reacts after scoring a point against Jack Draper, of Great Britain, during the men's singles semifinal of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
Jessica Pegula, of the United States, returns a shot to Karolina Muchova, of the Czech Republic, during the women's singles semifinals of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
Aryna Sabalenka, of Belarus, returns a shot to Emma Navarro, of the United States, during the women's singles semifinals of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
Jack Draper, of Great Britain, returns a shot to Alex de Minaur, of Australia, during the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Taylor Fritz, of the United States, returns a shot to Alexander Zverev, of Germany, during the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
Jannik Sinner, of Italy, launches a ball after defeating Daniil Medvedev, of Russia, during the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
Frances Tiafoe, of the United States, returns against Grigor Dimitrov, of Bulgaria, during the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
Emma Navarro, of the United States, returns a shot to Paula Badosa, of Spain, during the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Aryna Sabalenka, of Belarus, returns to Zheng Qinwen, of China, during the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
CORRECTS ID TO DIANA SHNAIDER OF RUSSIA NOT DARIA SNIGUR OF UKRAINE Jessica Pegula, of the United States, returns a shot during a match against Diana Shnaider, of Russia, in the fourth round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
=Iga Swiatek, of Poland, reacts against Liudmila Samsonova, of Russia, during a fourth round match of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
Jannik Sinner, of Italy, returns a shot to Tommy Paul, of the United States, during a fourth round match of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
Daniil Medvedev, of Russia, returns a shot during a match against Nuno Borges, of Portugal, in the fourth round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Taylor Fritz, of the United States, reacts after defeating Casper Ruud, of Norway, during the fourth round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Sunday, Sept. 1, in New York. 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
Frances Tiafoe, of the United States, reacts after defeating Alexei Popyrin, of Australia, during the fourth round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
Emma Navarro, center, of the United States, embraces Coco Gauff, of the United States, after defeating her in the fourth round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Sunday, Sept. 1, in New York. 2024. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
Iga Swiatek, of Poland, reacts after defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, of Russia, during the third round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Jannik Sinner, of Italy, hits autographed balls into the crowd after defeating Christopher O'Connell, of Australia, during the third round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
Daniil Medvedev, of Russia, reacts after scoring a point against to Flavio Cobolli, of Italy, during the third round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Saturday, Aug. 31, in New York. 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Ben Shelton, of the United States, returns a shot to Roberto Bautista Agut, of Spain, during the second round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Frances Tiafoe, of the United States, returns a shot to Alexander Shevchenko, of Kazakhstan, during the second round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
Coco Gauff, of the United States, returns a shot to Tatjana Maria, of Germany, during a second round match of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Jannik Sinner, of Italy, returns a shot to Mackenzie McDonald, of the United States, during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Iga Swiatek, of Poland, serves to Kamilla Rakhimova, during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
FILE - Iga Swiatek, of Poland, holds up the championship trophy after defeating Ons Jabeur, of Tunisia, to win the women's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
John Isner, of the United States, returns a shot to Michael Mmoh, of the United States, during the second round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023, in New York. The 2024 U.S. Open begins Monday, Aug. 26. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Coco Gauff smiles while speaking to the crowd at the US Open Fan Week at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
FILE - Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, of Slovakia, prepares to serve to Petra Kvitova, of the Czech Republic, during the third round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Sinner beat Taylor Fritz 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 in 2 hours, 15 minutes. The 23-year-old Italian won his second Grand Slam title, both this year, and prevented the 12th-seeded Fritz from becoming the first American man to win one since Andy Roddick at the 2003 U.S. Open.
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— Jannik Sinner beats Taylor Fritz in the US Open men’s final just weeks after his doping exoneration
— Taylor Fritz’s loss to Italy’s Sinner in the US Open final extends Slam drought for American men
— Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce attend the US Open men’s final
— Jannik Sinner gets a hug from his friend Seal after winning the US Open title
— US Open champion Aryna Sabalenka is as good as it gets on hard courts but isn’t just a hard hitter
— Aryna Sabalenka beats Jessica Pegula to win the US Open for her third Grand Slam title
— Jessica Pegula not quite ready to assess her run at the US Open after losing to Aryna Sabalenka
— Stephen Curry attends the US Open final, providing a thrill for Jessica Pegula’s husband
— Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson of Australia win the US Open men’s doubles title
— No ring, but a trophy: Kichenok postpones wedding, then wins US Open women’s doubles with Ostapenko
— 4 years later, what is happening with Djokovic’s Professional Tennis Players Association?
— Errani and Vavassori win US Open mixed doubles title in Young’s final match before retiring
— The spray that caused Jannik Sinner’s failed drug tests has ‘DOPING’ warning
1,048,669 — Total attendance for the 2024 U.S. Open, the first time it surpassed 1 million.
23-2 — Sinner's record in Grand Slam tournaments in 2024.
“ I mean, I’d say he’s definitely improved a little bit since I beat him in straight sets at Indian Wells in 2021." — Fritz, to laughter, about Sinner's growth as a player.
“This tournament, for sure, helped me a little bit. So now it’s good to have small amount of time, a little bit off, and then to restart again for China." — Sinner
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Taylor Fritz, of the United States, reacts after winning the fourth set against Frances Tiafoe, of the United States, during the men's singles semifinal of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Jannik Sinner, of Italy, reacts after scoring a point against Jack Draper, of Great Britain, during the men's singles semifinal of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
Jessica Pegula, of the United States, returns a shot to Karolina Muchova, of the Czech Republic, during the women's singles semifinals of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
Aryna Sabalenka, of Belarus, returns a shot to Emma Navarro, of the United States, during the women's singles semifinals of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
Jack Draper, of Great Britain, returns a shot to Alex de Minaur, of Australia, during the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Taylor Fritz, of the United States, returns a shot to Alexander Zverev, of Germany, during the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
Jannik Sinner, of Italy, launches a ball after defeating Daniil Medvedev, of Russia, during the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
Frances Tiafoe, of the United States, returns against Grigor Dimitrov, of Bulgaria, during the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
Emma Navarro, of the United States, returns a shot to Paula Badosa, of Spain, during the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Aryna Sabalenka, of Belarus, returns to Zheng Qinwen, of China, during the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
CORRECTS ID TO DIANA SHNAIDER OF RUSSIA NOT DARIA SNIGUR OF UKRAINE Jessica Pegula, of the United States, returns a shot during a match against Diana Shnaider, of Russia, in the fourth round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
=Iga Swiatek, of Poland, reacts against Liudmila Samsonova, of Russia, during a fourth round match of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
Jannik Sinner, of Italy, returns a shot to Tommy Paul, of the United States, during a fourth round match of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
Daniil Medvedev, of Russia, returns a shot during a match against Nuno Borges, of Portugal, in the fourth round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Taylor Fritz, of the United States, reacts after defeating Casper Ruud, of Norway, during the fourth round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Sunday, Sept. 1, in New York. 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
Frances Tiafoe, of the United States, reacts after defeating Alexei Popyrin, of Australia, during the fourth round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
Emma Navarro, center, of the United States, embraces Coco Gauff, of the United States, after defeating her in the fourth round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Sunday, Sept. 1, in New York. 2024. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
Iga Swiatek, of Poland, reacts after defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, of Russia, during the third round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Jannik Sinner, of Italy, hits autographed balls into the crowd after defeating Christopher O'Connell, of Australia, during the third round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
Daniil Medvedev, of Russia, reacts after scoring a point against to Flavio Cobolli, of Italy, during the third round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Saturday, Aug. 31, in New York. 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Ben Shelton, of the United States, returns a shot to Roberto Bautista Agut, of Spain, during the second round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Frances Tiafoe, of the United States, returns a shot to Alexander Shevchenko, of Kazakhstan, during the second round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
Coco Gauff, of the United States, returns a shot to Tatjana Maria, of Germany, during a second round match of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Jannik Sinner, of Italy, returns a shot to Mackenzie McDonald, of the United States, during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Iga Swiatek, of Poland, serves to Kamilla Rakhimova, during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
FILE - Iga Swiatek, of Poland, holds up the championship trophy after defeating Ons Jabeur, of Tunisia, to win the women's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
John Isner, of the United States, returns a shot to Michael Mmoh, of the United States, during the second round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023, in New York. The 2024 U.S. Open begins Monday, Aug. 26. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Coco Gauff smiles while speaking to the crowd at the US Open Fan Week at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
FILE - Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, of Slovakia, prepares to serve to Petra Kvitova, of the Czech Republic, during the third round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
President Donald Trump on Thursday visits a U.S. base installation at the center of American involvement in the Middle East as he uses his four-day visit to Gulf states to reject the “interventionism” of America’s past in the region.
In other parts of the Middle East violence flared in the West Bank and Gaza, A hospital in southern Gaza says 54 people have been killed in overnight airstrikes on the city of Khan Younis.
with a pregnant Israeli woman killed even as the international rights group ,Human Rights Watch ,said that Israel’s plan to seize Gaza, remain in the territory and displace hundreds of thousands of people “inches closer to extermination.”
Trump plans to address troops at Qatar’s al-Udeid Air Base, which was a major staging ground during the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and supported the recent U.S. air campaign against Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis. The president has held up Gulf nations like Saudi Arabia and Qatar as models for economic development in a region plagued by conflict as he works to entice Iran to come to terms with his administration on a deal to curb its nuclear program.
The President also meets business leaders in Qatar and heads to Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar is the forward headquarters of the U.S. military’s Central Command. At the base Thursday, service members listened to a comedy act ahead of Trump’s appearance. A Qatari and American flag flanked a large banner reading: “PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH.”
A Qatari F-15 and an MQ-9 Reaper drone sat to the side of the stage.
Theo Vonn, an American comedian, did a stand up set that included making jokes about Qatar’s national dress for men, the white thobe, and everyone being named Mohammed.
“It’s like a Ku Klux sandsman,” he said.
He later made a joke about the U.S. Navy: “I’m not going to fly across the whole world just to be gay. I’m not in the Navy.” And another punch line included: “Where do you think the next 9/11 should happen?”
President Donald Trump kept up pressure Thursday on Iran, warning Tehran that a deal over its nuclear program or potentially airstrikes are the only two solutions to the diplomatic impasse.
Speaking in Qatar before business leaders, Trump said: “We’d like to see if we could solve the Iran problem in an intelligent way, as opposed to a brutal way. There’s only two: intelligent and brutal. Those are the two alternatives.”
Trump also said that Qatar’s ruling emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, had been pushing for diplomatic deal over Iran’s nuclear program. Qatar shares a massive offshore oil and gas field that’s crucial to its wealth with Iran.
“I said last night that Iran is very lucky to have the emir because he’s actually fighting for them. He doesn’t want us to do a vicious blow to Iran,” Trump said. “He says, ‘You can make a deal. You can make a deal.’ He’s really fighting. And I really mean this: I think that Iran should say a big thank you to the emir.”
At another point, Trump mused: “In the case of Iran, they make a good drone.”
President Donald Trump has suggested that India has offered to drop tariffs on U.S. goods to zero, something not immediately acknowledged by New Delhi.
Trump made the comments during a business roundtable in Doha, Qatar, on his Mideast tour, first discussing Apple’s plans to build manufacturing plants for its iPhone there.
“It’s very hard to sell into India and and they’ve offered us a deal with what basically they’re willing to literally charge us no tariff,” Trump said. India is a close partner of the U.S. and is part of the Quad, which is made up of the U.S., India, Japan and Australia, and is seen as a counterbalance to China’s expansion in the region
U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that he didn’t think Russian President Vladimir Putin would go to talks in Turkey with Ukraine if he wasn’t there.
Trump made the remarks at a business roundtable in Qatar on his Mideast trip.
“I didn’t think it was possible for Putin to go if I’m not there,” Trump said.
Trump had suggested he could travel there for the talks if Putin was going. On Thursday, however, Trump said: “I actually said, why would he go if I’m not going? Because I wasn’t going to go. I wasn’t planning to go. I would go, but I wasn’t planning to go. And I said, I don’t think he’s going to go if I don’t go.”
Trump sat with GE Aerospace’s Larry Culp and Boeing Co.’s Kelly Ortberg on either side of him on Thursday. Both praised Trump for his support for the Qatar Airways order for Boeing aircraft. Ortberg called it one of the largest orders Boeing has ever had.
A hospital in southern Gaza says 54 people have been killed in overnight airstrikes on the city of Khan Younis.
An Associated Press cameraman in Khan Younis counted 10 airstrikes on the city overnight into Thursday, and saw numerous bodies taken to the morgue in the city’s Nasser Hospital. Some bodies arrived in pieces, with some body bags containing the remains of multiple people. The hospital’s morgue confirmed 54 people had been killed.
It was the second night of heavy bombing, after airstrikes Wednesday on northern and southern Gaza killed at least 70 people, including almost two dozen children.
The strikes come as U.S. President Donald Trump visits the Middle East, visiting Gulf states but not Israel. There had been widespread hope that Trump’s regional visit could usher in a ceasefire deal or renewal of humanitarian aid to Gaza. An Israeli blockade of the territory is now in its third month.
Qatar’s satellite news channel Al Jazeera long has been a powerful force in the Middle East, often taking editorial positions at odds with America’s interests in the region during the wars that followed the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks by al-Qaida.
But during President Donald Trump’s visit to the Gulf Arab nation this week, state-funded Al Jazeera muted its typical critiques of American foreign policy.
The channel, which broadcasts in Arabic and English, broadly covered Trump’s visit in a straightforward manner, highlighting it was the first-ever trip to Qatar by a sitting American leader. Mentions of the Israel-Hamas war, which Al Jazeera often has criticized America over for its military support to Israel, did not include any critiques of U.S. policy. Instead, journalists highlighted Qatar’s role as a mediator in the war and aired comments by Qatar’s ruler, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, calling for a ceasefire.
After a morning meeting with top U.S. and Qatari officials and American defense and aerospace business leaders, Trump heads to Al-Udeid Air Base, a U.S. installation at the center of American involvement in the Middle East. There, he will address troops and is expected to view a demonstration of American air capability.
The president then travels to the United Arab Emirates, the final leg of his first major foreign trip. He will head first to the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque and then to a state visit hosted at Abu Dhabi’s Qasr al-Watan palace.
The international rights group said that Israel’s plan to seize Gaza, remain in the territory and displace hundreds of thousands of people “inches closer to extermination.”
It called on the international community to speak out against the plan. It said that the new plans, coupled with the “systematic destruction” of civilian infrastructure and the block on all imports into Gaza, were cause for signatories to the Genocide Convention to act to prevent Israel’s moves. It said states should halt weapons transfers to Israel and enforce international arrest warrants against Israel’s prime minister and former defense minister, as well as review their bilateral agreements with the country.
Israel vehemently denies accusations that it is committing genocide in Gaza.
The group also called on Hamas to free the 58 hostages it still holds in Gaza, 23 of whom are believed to be alive.
A pregnant Israeli woman has died after she was shot and critically wounded in a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank, a hospital said Thursday.
Beilinson Hospital said that doctors succeeded in saving her unborn baby, who was in serious but stable condition after being delivered by caesarean section.
The Israeli military said a Palestinian assailant opened fire on a vehicle late Wednesday, wounded two civilians. Soldiers launched a search for the attacker.
It’s the latest violence in the Palestinian territory, where the Israeli military has launched a major operation that it says is meant to crack down on militancy. The operation has displaced tens of thousands of people.
Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank in months of violence that surged there after the start of the war in Gaza.
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani welcomes President Donald Trump during an official welcoming ceremony at the Amiri Diwan in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)